Carol Farrow

Carol's 'paperworks' are a wonderful combination of textural work and painting. She uses hand made paper which she produces mainly from cotton linters fibres. This material gives her the freedom to create any shape, size, thickness, texture and porosity. Sometimes it is cast at the wet stage to record a surface, sometimes collaged, embedded or stitched with linen thread. The paper is then painted with washes of acrylic and waxed. The finished pieces is sufficiently robust to be hung directly on the wall.

Her inspiration comes from architecture, costume, objects and surfaces worn, deteriorated or affected by age. Carol trained at Goldsmith College in Fine Art and Ceramics, and she now works from London and South West France.

Carol has been exhibiting her work since 1986, with shows across the UK and Europe, as well as the USA and China. She has also contributed to a number of books on papermaking.